HUAWEI E9000 Converged Infrastructure Blade Server

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HUAWEI E9000

Converged Infrastructure Blade Server

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The E9000 is a new-generation blade server that integrates computing, storage, switching, and management subsystems to form a powerful converged infrastructure platform. The E9000 is an industry-leading hardware computing platform that improves competitiveness based on its availability, computing density, energy consumption, low emissions, midplane bandwidth, intelligent management and services, elastic conﬁguration, ﬂexible computing and storage expansion capabilities, low network latency, and acceleration functions.

Underpinned by leading technology and architecture, the E9000 applies Huawei's extensive technical experience in the ICT field coupled with Huawei's proprietary technologies and solutions to ensure industry-leading quality and distinctive functionality.

Highest computing density in a chassis

Supports Intel

• ®_Xeon®_{E5, E5 v2, E5 v3, and E7 v2 series processors.} Supports two small 2-socket compute nodes in a half-width slot.

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Supports large-capacity, cost-effective DIMMs at 1.5 times the usual height.

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Best scalability

Best internal storage capability

Supports 2 x 2.5" hard disks on a half-width compute node.

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Supports 8 x 2.5" hard disks on a full-width, 4-socket compute node.

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Supports 15 x 2.5" hard disks on a full-width storage expansion

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compute node. CX110

GE switch module GE pass through moduleCX116 10GE/FCoE convergedCX310 switch module CX210 8G FC Switch module CX111 GE switch module CX311 10GE/FCoE/FC converged switch module CX911/CX912 10GE/FC multi-plane switch module CX611 InfiniBand QDR/FDR switch module CX317 10GE pass through module CX915 GE/8G FC multi-plane switch module E9000 chassis Chassis Switch module Compute

node _{compute node}CH121 _{compute node}CH140 _{I/O expansion}CH221

compute node CH220 I/O expansion compute node CH222 Storage expansion compute node CH240

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Superb performance

Supports evolution based on three generations of high-performance Intel processors.

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Supports 48 DIMMs in a full-width slot with up to 3.0 TB of highly cost-effective

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memory capacity.

Supports 15 x 2.5" hard disks in a full-width slot.

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Supports I/O acceleration using GPUs, PCIe SSDs, and DSP.

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Supports half-width/700 W and full-width/1400 W for heat dissipation and

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power supply.

Supports 40GE and InfiniBand FDR (56Gbps) and evolution to 100GE and

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InfiniBand EDR.

Converged architecture

Adopts a modular design for computing, storage, switching, power supply,

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and cooling.

Supports a dynamically scalable architecture by providing 2-socket and 4-socket

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compute nodes.

Provides various switch modules (such as GE, 10GE, FC, FCoE, and InfiniBand) that

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can be flexibly configured based on service requirements.

Green and Reliable

Adopts efficient Platinum AC PSMs with more than 95% power conversion efficiency.

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Implements dynamic energy saving management functions.

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Optimizes system air ducts to optimize heat dissipation.

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Supports fully redundant function modules to enable seamless switchover.

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Uses a passive midplane to prevent single point of failures.

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HUAWEI E9000 Chassis

(E9000 chassis)

The E9000 chassis is 12 U high and features an optimized layout structure to maximally use space. It provides 16 slots and redundant power supply modules (PSMs), heat dissipation modules, management modules, and switch modules. The E9000 chassis can be installed in a standard 19-inch rack at a depth of at least 1,000 mm. Two types of E9000 chassis are provided: AC and DC.

Technical Specifications

Form factor 12 U

Blade 16 half-width slots or 8 full-width slots; supports flexible configurations of single-slot, dual-slot, full-width, and half-width nodes and can accommodate up to 16 Huawei CH series half-width compute nodes

Switch module

4 slots for Huawei CX series switch modules provide a midplane switching capability of 15.6 Tbit/s. CX110 GE switch module: 12 x GE + 4 x 10GE uplink, 32 x GE downlink

CX111 GE switch module: 12 x GE+4 x 10GE uplink, 32 x GE downlink CX116 GE pass through module: 32 x GE uplink, 32 x GE downlink CX210 8G FC switch module: 8 x 8G FC uplink, 16 x 8G FC downlink CX310 10GE switch module: 16 x 10GE uplink, 32 x 10GE downlink

CX311 10GE/FCoE converged switch module: 16 x 10GE + 8 x 8G FC uplink, 32 x 10GE downlink CX317 10GE pass through module: 32 x 10GE uplink, 32 x 10GE downlink

CX611 InfiniBand switch module (QDR 40Gbit/s, FDR 56Gbit/s): 18 x QDR/FDR uplink, 16 x QDR/FDR downlink

CX911/CX912 multi-plane switch module; supports FC ports: 16 x 10GE + 8 x 8G FC uplink, 32 x 10GE/16 x 8G FC downlink CX915 multi-plane switch module: 4×10GE+12×GE+8×8G FC uplink, 32×GE+16×8G FC downlink

PSM AC/DC PSM: Maximum six 3000W/2000W AC or six 2500W DC hot-swappable PSUs, N+N or N+M redundant Fan module Provides 14 hot-swappable fan modules in N+1 redundancy mode

Management

Complies with IPMI v2.0 and supports management functions such as remote startup, shutdown, reset, logging, hardware monitoring, SOL, KVM over IP, virtual media, fan module monitoring, and PSM monitoring

Supports 1+1 redundancy

Provides a local KVM port for server management Power supply 110 V/220 V AC or –48 V DC

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High density and large memory

Supports the full series of Intel

• ®_Xeon®_{E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 processors to}

deliver up to 2*twelve-core 2.7 GHz of computing power.

Provides 24 DIMMs at 1.5 times the usual height. These apply mainstream

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granules and double the memory capacity to up to 768 GB DDR3 (providing the highest cost-efficiency for large-memory applications).

Supports 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs.

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Minimum energy for maximum efficiency

Adopts the dynamic energy saving and power capping technologies to optimally

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manage and control power consumption with power remarkably reduced in low-load operating.

Applies carrier-class design, manufacturing processes, and components to ensure

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high quality.

Intelligent platform for strong management

Reduces O&M costs by supporting remote deployment and fault location technologies

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such as SOL, KVM over IP, virtual DVD-ROM drive, WebUI and IPMI 2.0-compliant. Provides efficient and secure power consumption analysis and control capabilities.

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Complies with Intel

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Provides a sub-3s power capping response on each compute node to optimize •

power consumption control.

Supports an intelligent and secure power-off mode for compute nodes. •

Supports the black box function to facilitate quick fault location and service recovery.

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HUAWEI CH121 Compute Node

The CH121 combines dense computing capabilities with an ultra-large memory capacity. Optimized for enterprise service applications such as virtualization, cloud computing, and high-performance computing, the CH121 employs Intel®

Xeon®

E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 series processors (up to 135 W) and supports up to 24 DIMM slots, 2 internal hard disks, and 1 standard PCI x8 full-height half-length card.

Form factor Half-width 2-socket compute node Number of processors 1 or 2

Processor model Intel®_Xeon®_{E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 series}

Number of DIMMs 24 DDR3 DIMMs, providing a maximum memory capacity of 768 GB Number of hard disks 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs

RAID support RAID 0 and 1

PCIe expansion 2 PCIe x16 mezz modules

1 standard PCIe x8 full-height half-length card Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012

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Outstanding computing performance based on ultra high density

Supports Intel

• ®_Xeon®_{E5-2600(up to 130W) and E5-2600 v2 full series processors} to deliver up to 4 x 12-core 2.7 GHz computing capabilities; a half-width slot supports two small slots in two layers for installing two independent 2-socket compute nodes.

provides eight DIMM slots on a 2-socket compute node, supporting a DDR3

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memory capacity of up to 256 GB on a 2-socket compute node. Supports one internal 2.5" SSD on a 2-socket compute node.

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High efficiency and energy-saving

Uses the dynamic energy saving and power capping technologies to optimally

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manage and control power consumption with power reduced in low-load operating. Adopts the carrier-class design, manufacturing process, and component selection

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to ensure high quality.

Easy management with the intelligent platform

Reduces O&M costs by using remote deployment and fault locating methods including

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SOL, KVM over IP, virtual CD-ROM drive, and WebUIs in compliance with IPMI 2.0. Supports efficient and secure power consumption analysis and control capabilities.

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Complies with Intel

• ®_{NM 2.0.}

Implements efficient power consumption control by supporting power capping •

operations within 3s on a compute node.

Supports an intelligent and secure power-on mode for compute nodes. •

Supports the black box function to facilitate fault location, quickly recovering services.

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HUAWEI CH140 Compute Node

Optimized for HPC and computing-dense enterprise services, the CH140 provides ultra high computing capabilities. A half-width slot supports two 2-socket compute nodes. Each compute node can be maintained independently. The CH140 uses Intel®

Xeon®_{E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 series processors}

and supports eight DIMM slots and one hard disk.

Form factor Two 2-socket twin compute nodes in a half-width slot Number of processors 1 or 2 in each 2-socket compute node

Processor model Intel®_Xeon®_{E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 series} Number of DIMMs 8 DDR3 DIMMs for each 2-socket compute node Number of hard disks One 2.5" SSD/SAS/SATA for each 2-socket compute node PCIe expansion 2 twin nodes share 2 PCIe x8 MEZZ modules

Operating systems supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012 Red Hat Enterprise Linux

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Oracle Linux Oracle Solaris CentOS Huawei Fusionsphere Citrix XenServer VMware Operating temperature 5°C to 35°C

Dimensions 210mm(width) x 537.2mm(depth) x 60.46mm(height)

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Large memory and outstanding expandability

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Provides 4 PCIe x8 full-height half-length slots for installing 4 GPUs or PCIe SSDs,

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providing the best possible PCIe expansion capability on a single compute node. (Note: card quantity is determined by card's physical size and the signal bandwidth.)

Minimum energy for maximum efficiency

Adopts the dynamic energy saving and power capping technologies to optimally manage

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and control power consumption with power remarkably reduced in low-load operating. Applies carrier-class design, manufacturing processes, and components to ensure

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high quality.

Intelligent platform for strong management

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Complies with Intel

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Designed for application acceleration scenarios, VDI, virtualization and databases, the CH220 provides superior scalability and a huge memory capacity. Featuring Intel®_Xeon®_{E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2}

series processors (up to 135 W) and support for up to 24 DIMM slots, 2 internal hard disks, and 4 standard PCI x8 full-height half-length cards, the CH220 can be expanded for I/O acceleration components such as PCIe SSDs and GPUs.

HUAWEI CH220 I/O Expansion Compute Node

Form factor Full-width 2-socket compute node Number of processors 1 or 2

PCIe expansion 2 PCIe x16 mezz modules (Note: One module has been occupied) 4 standard PCIe x8 full-height half-length cards

Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012

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Large memory and outstanding expandability

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Provides 2 PCIe x16 full-height full-length slots or 1 PCIe x16 full-height full-length

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dual-slot card expansion slot for installing 2 full-height full-length GPUs or PCIe SSDs or 1 full-height full-length dual-slot GPGPU card.

Minimum energy for maximum efficiency

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high quality.

Intelligent platform for strong management

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Complies with Intel

• ®_{NM 2.0.}

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HUAWEI CH221 I/O Expansion Compute Node

The CH221 provides superior scalability and an outstanding memory capacity. Featuring Intel®

Xeon®_{E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 series processors}

(up to 135 W) and support for up to 24 DIMM slots, 2 internal hard disks, and 2 standard PCI x16 full-height full-length cards, the CH221 is suitable for high-performance computing applications that require graphics processing and application performance acceleration, such as oil exploration, animation rendering, scientific computing, and seismic processing.

PCIe expansion 2 PCIe x16 mezz modules (Note:One module has been occupied) 2 standard PCIe x16 full-height full-length cards

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Huge storage and computing capabilities

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Supports 15 x 2.5" SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs, which provide the highest storage

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capacity on a single node.

Minimum energy for maximum efficiency

Adopts the dynamic energy saving and power capping technologies to optimally

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manage and control power consumption with power remarkably reduced in low-load operating.

Applies carrier-class design, manufacturing processes, and components to ensure

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high quality.

Intelligent platform for strong management

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Complies with Intel

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HUAWEI CH222 Storage Expansion Compute Node

T h e C H 2 2 2 p ro v i d e s s u p e r i o r c o m p u t i n g performance and a large storage capacity. Featuring Intel®_Xeon®_{E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 series}

processors (up to 135 W) and support for up to 24 DIMM slots, 15 x 2.5" hard disks, and a 1 GB RAID cache, the CH222 is suitable for big-data analysis and processing applications that require large storage capacity and high computing performance, such as videos, searches, and biological sciences.

RAID support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 with a 512 MB/1 GB RAID cache PCIe expansion 2 PCIe x16 mezz modules

1 standard PCIe x8 full-height half-length card Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012

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Super large memory and strong computing capabilities

Supports Intel

• ®_Xeon®_{E5-4600 or E5-4600 v2 series processors, with up to} 12 cores each, a 30 MB L3 cache, 8 GT/s QPI, hyper-threading, and Turbo acceleration technology.

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granules and provide the memory capacity of up to 1.5 TB DDR3 (providing the highest cost-efficiency for large-memory applications).

Supports up to 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs, or SSDs (twice as many hard

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disks as competitors' 4-socket blade servers).

Minimum energy for maximum efficiency

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high quality.

Intelligent platform for strong management

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Complies with Intel

• ®_{NM 2.0.}

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HUAWEI CH240 Compute Node

The CH240 delivers outstanding computing performance and a large memory capacity. It adopts Intel®

Xeon®

E5-4600 or E5-4600 v2 series high-performance processors and supports 48 DDR3 DIMM slots, 8 hard disks, and RAID 0 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60. The CH240 is designed for virtualization, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and cluster deployment to meet high-end enterprise service requirements. It is particularly suitable for applications with high performance requirements, such as image and signal processing, ﬁnancial algorithms, scientiﬁc computing, and seismic processing.

Processor model Intel

®_Xeon®_{E5-4600 or E5-4600 v2 series 4-core, 6-core, 8-core, 10-core and 12-core processors series} Core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Number of DIMMs 48 DDR3 DIMMs, providing a maximum memory capacity of 1.5 TB Number of hard disks 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs

RAID support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 with a 512 MB/1 GB RAID cache PCIe expansion 2 PCIe x16 mezz modules

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High computing performance, scalability, and reliability

Supports new-generation Intel

• ®_Xeon®_{E7-4800/8800 v2 series 8-core,}

10-core, 12-10-core, and 15-core high-performance processors based on the Brickland platform, and provides outstanding computing performance with up to four 15-core 2.8 GHz processors.

4-socket compute node installed in a full-width slot, supports up to a maximum of

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32 DDR3 DIMMs at 1.5 times the usual height that apply to mainstream granules, addressing large-memory-capacity applications at low cost.

Supports a maximum of eight 2.5-inch SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs, or SSDs, and

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provides a maximum of 3 PCIe slots for standard PCIe cards.

Uses a real-time, accurate error checking and fault tolerance mechanism, and

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supports WHEA and eMCA Gen1

Provides efficient, secure power consumption analysis and

control capabilities

Complies with Intel

• ®_{NM 2.0 dynamic power capping specifications.} Completes power capping operations within 3 seconds.

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Supports an intelligent, secure power-on mode.

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Easy management with the intelligent platform

Reduces O&M costs by using remote deployment and fault locating methods

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including SOL, KVM over IP, virtual CD-ROM drive, and WebUIs in compliance with IPMI 2.0.

Supports the black box function to facilitate fault location, quickly recovering services.

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HUAWEI CH242 V3 Compute Node

The CH242 V3 based on E7 v2 processor provides high processing performance, scalability, and reliability to address computing-intensive applications and support efﬁcient, ﬂexible mission-critical enterprise services. The CH242 V3 applies to large data sets and transaction-intensive databases, ERP, BI platform, and can also apply to cloud computing and virtualization.

Number of Processors 2 or 4

Processor Model Intel®_Xeon®_{E7-4800/8800 v2 series 8-core, 10-core, 12-core and 15-core processors} Number of DIMMs 32 DDR3 DIMMs, 32 channels, 1600Hz

Number of hard disks Eight(CH242 V3-8HDD) or 4(CH242 V3-4HDD) 2.5” SAS/SATA HDDs, or SSDs RAID support RAID0/1/10/5/50/6/60, 1GB RAID Cache

PCIe Expansion

4 PCIe x16 MEZZ modules

CH242 V3-4HDD supports two FHHL PCIe cards, when the two built-in PCIe slots are used, some DIMM slots cannot be used. CH242 V3-4HDD version supports one more FH3/4L PCIe card

Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012

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The E9000 supports several types of switch modules: CX110 GE switch module, CX111 GE switch module,CX116 GE pass through module, CX210 8G FC switch module, CX310 10GE switch module, CX311 10GE/FCoE converged switch module, CX317 10GE pass through module, CX611 InfiniBand switch module, and CX911/CX912 10GE/FC plane switch module, CX915 GE/FC multi-plane switch module. You can select the one that best suits your service requirements for network I/O. Their detailed speciﬁcations are described in the tables below:

HUAWEI E9000 Switch Module

CX116 GE pass through module Network port 32 x GE uplink

32 x GE downlink

Dimensions 35.06mm(width) x 272.15mm(depth) x 388.55mm(height) CX110 GE switch module

Network ports

12 x GE +4 x 10GE SFP+ uplink 32 x GE downlink

2 x 40GE Interconnect(can be used as a stack)

Network features

L2: VLAN/MSTP/LACP/TRILL/Stack/IGMP L3: RIP/OSPF/ISIS/BGP/VRRP/BFD/PIM QoS: ACL/CAR/ DiffServ

Security: IPSG/MFF/DAI /DHCP Snooping

Management port 2 x RS232 management serial ports (one each for services and management) Dimensions 35.06mm(width) x 272.15mm(depth) x 388.55mm(height)

Network ports 4 x 10GE SFP+ and 12 x GE uplink 32 x GE downlink

Network features

L2: VLAN/MSTP/LACP/Stack/IGMP/Smart Link/Monitor Link L3: RIP/OSPF/ISIS/BGP/VRRP/BFD/PIM/IPV6

QoS: ACL/CAR/DiffServ

Security: IPSG/MFF/FSB/DAI/DHCP Snooping/sFlow/Netstream

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CX317 10GE pass through module 32 x 10GE uplink CX311 10GE/FCoE converged switch module

Network port 16 x 10GE SFP+ and 8 x 8G FC SFP+ uplink; 32 x 10GE downlink

Network features

L2: VLAN/MSTP/LACP/TRILL/Stack/IGMP/Smart Link/Monitor Link L3: RIP/OSPF/ISIS/BGP/VRRP/BFD/PIM/IPV6

QoS: DCBX/PFC/ETS/ACL/CAR/DiffServ

CX310 10GE converged switch module Network port 16 x 10GE uplink

32 x 10GE downlink

Network features

Network ports 8 x 8G FC SFP+ uplink 16 x 8G FC downlink Network features FC: Brocade FC switch integrated

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CX911/CX912 10GE/FC multi-plane switch module Network port 16 x 10GE SFP+ and 8 x 8G FC SFP+ uplink

32 x 10GE/16 x 8G FC downlink

Network features

CX911: integrates a Qlogic FC switch; CX912: integrates a Brocade FC switch Management port 2 x RS232 management serial ports (one each for services and management) Dimensions 35.06mm(width) x 272.15mm(depth) x 388.55mm(height)

CX611 Inﬁniband QDR/ FDR switch module

Network port 18 QDR/FDR InfiniBand QSFP+ uplink 16 QDR/FDR InfiniBand downlink

Network features multicast forwarding and replication/load balancing/re-route around failed link/VL/SL/SL to VL mapping/SM/SMA/Low latency forwarding/credit based flow control

Management port In-band management

Dimensions 35.06mm(width) x 272.15mm(depth) x 388.55mm(height)

CX915 GE/FC multi-plane module

Network port 4 x 10GE SFP+ and 12 x GE and 8 x 8G FC SFP+ uplink 32 x GE and 16 x 8G FC downlink

Network features

L2: VLAN/MSTP/LACP/Stack/IGMP/Smart Link/Monitor Link L3: RIP/OSPF/ISIS/BGP/VRRP/BFD/PIM/IPV6

QoS: ACL/CAR/DiffServ

Security: IPSG/MFF/FSB/DAI/DHCP Snooping/sFlow/Netstream FC: Qlogic FCoE_FC Gateway integrated

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